| Show r Shor Story of Day 0 POLLYS POLLY'S DESIGN Continued from Saturday All Ill right I am going and I will find that leaf Icat All yo ye fairies s pray listen n nIC If IC If you'll grant me mc this prayer I will never ask another favor and anti will con consecrate consecrate conse conse- e- e crate this land of clover to you ou None but you ou shall sip the thc sweetness of ot these blossoms Bees Uee Butterflies all insects shall be driven to faraway far fields nelds if It I i you'll but let me find a leaf four clo clover r. r I had to make that special Inducement to outweigh your our Influence he explained I J believe you are In league with them and and If You arc nrc wasting time she interrupted adding quite Indifferently and I have ha de decided that It If it is left to me we shall wait walt at least six months longer Shaking his head he turned Hello He Hc awn away paused a n few feet away and stooped picked up a bit hit of ot white A A handkerchief My Ir it is stick sticky he exclaimed as It At stuck ck to his finger Give Ol It here give he it here Polly cried excitedly springing u up p and reaching out her hand There now noes' go But hut dashing dashing- awn away he lie was gone before she had finished speaking Poll Polly was a little astonished at his sudden departure She sat Hat at down don on th h step and tucking the hIt bit o of sticky lace aWa away rested her chin in her hands und and watched the distant moving mo figure with growing curiosity Hio Isla maneuvers maneuver were puzzling lIng He lIe seemed In the greatest hurr hurry running north then south routh to tho the east cast to tc the west In er e every direction stooping now and then Some moments later he returned almost breathless s. s his arms full of or clover cr which he dropped at Pollys Polly's feet Dear me she cried gathering up her skirts take them a away In your our haste you ou have grabbed up ever every Imaginable insect See that grasshopper and there is a u lady-bug lady and oh oh dear I believe e there Is IR a tiny toad and and and- Sta Stay It is my turn to cr cry halt lIow How can you ou think of ot bugs buss when when- When hen they are arc all about me and on me Oh my mt Well Nell be still There they arc are all off oft I must not lose a single leaf leaf leat Why h Because it Il would be m my luck to lose the four leaf Why hy are arc you ou so ISO sure that you ou have it I am not going to tell No o need not you ou insist Maybe Mabe Ill I'll tell you ou if It I I- I Find It I thought you OU were Mere certain broke In Poll Polly her eyes bright with mischief and jOI Joy jO- I am he said w with a great show of ot confidence oa QS ho began to examine the leaves lea Poll Polly asked u ed for the thc blossoms blossom and anel while he picked over O the leaves she occupied occupied pied herself with making a n. wreath As they worked they were wern silent and yet et they were talking all the while er E Every very now noM and then he would glance up at Poll Polly as AR he handed banded her a red or r white clover cr blossom and then his e eyes es would speak and her eyes would answer with a smile mlle for a period that's the kind of ot punctuation mark that makes all periods well veil rounded and pleasing and thus thuR the they broke yet et did not break the sweetest silence with the sweetest language In the world M It Is a n question lIon which was looked most for the leaf leat or tho the blossoms Anyway An all the blossoms were ere soon exhausted and then the leaves lea received an nn undivided attention Polly finished her wreath and put It on D By that time she had decided d to come conic to the rescue Already the pink escort had met the sun sun which Jn lingered ered but to welcome M-elcome twilight to her throne then be gone The Tho teaser er looked at nt the lengthening countenance and gave e a a little laugh Then she looked down Iown at h her r feet Th There rc sole occupant In the center of a small cleared space waved M a leaf four clover nodding clover nodding a again aln and again at nt Polly 11 Ins ing its full fun consent t. t Frank Polly began begun you have hl always said I was Intimate the fairies You believe that Well Veil the fairies tell me nie you are wasting M time but If it you'll mind me you'll find Ond within n your our arms arm's reach what you co covet t. t Anything anything to find a u leaf four-leaf clover Where is It Is It amongst these I have ha thrown aside If It so so o It has grown there since I looked at nt them But Dut I will look again Where is s it It Do be he still she said pushing him do down n. n The fairies arc not to bring It until youve you've minded me Tell wh me why you OU were ere so BO confident that It was Mas among amons- tho e a you ou gathered Curiosity Because a butterfly Oe flew in m my face then darted away I followed Cal fol fol- fol lowed thinking it Ita a was a messenger er from the fairies You need not laugh In your our own words miss s you ou never know how your our prayers are arC Answered Then I nearly killed Inse myself rushing rushing- around to pull ever every leaf lear she lit upon or even hovered ho over o The misleading Insect Ill I'll catch myself praying to anything or anybody but you ou Poll Polly You have to grant m my prayer once in a while to get gel rid riel of or me I pray I pray I pra pray d he exclaimed dropping by her side I pray you ou to tell me where that tint loaf leaf Is la Well Vell I am sure I do not know any better than you OU do except I 1 have more faith In the fairies and eo so believe it to be near b by Perhaps like yourself at my feet He turned quickly and beholding the lonely leaf turned as quickly to Polly Well ell she laughed halt you ou had better pull it Il or the fairies will take it a 00 vai a va The Thc fairies the nt mischief ls It has been here all along alonE Now hasn't it Il Didn't you you you- he stopped short Poll Polly had hart averted a her face faco to hide the Jath gathering s. s J i What does docs this mean Poll Polly he asked ed as he gently turned her face face toward toward to- to ward M-ard him revealing rc her tear eyes ces Poll Polly only gave a little sob ob that ended In a faint fant smile Her lover er was ns puzzled I dont don't understand you jou Polly h ho he said anxiously Is It that you OU want vant to wait walt another year Is It that you do not love lo and do not wish M to marr marry me If H fo so o tell me For both of our S sakes be candid I ask you the question I am ashamed of or myself Polly began but Frank you OU should not question ques ques- tion me Of course I love you OU of ot course courso I want to marr marry you you that that I Is I want ant to and I dont don't want to You dont don't understand Oh of ot course coulse not You 1011 are a n man and I am a 1 woman You part naught while M I I-I I I give c up much much Yes yes I know about it being more blessed to give than to receive e but but do rIo you know though Im I'm giving you myself I seem to be taking myself from myself I It is s a kind of or burial of ot my first self and thou though h m my second see self enters a better i life a more complete life It Is at a dear cost While I go With jO Joy to my marriage mar mur- murI I I can but grieve at m my death In the soft fort strains trains of the tho music I hear alike my wedding and m my funeral march You do not understand Well It Is I not to be understood it is to be felt Celt I know you ar are happy vcr very very happy happ I and so am nm I I. I believe e me mc when I say so still tee see ec yonder onder sunset Gunset My Iy happiness is like that that nearly nearly all bright ht but there Is a streak of or gra gray at the tho bottom Dont dont don't sa say that Let us have It akin to the sunrise with M the mist at the top so 50 It can cnn lose Itself In the brightness o of a long sweet tiny day lla What sn say you sweetheart he pleaded Just as you ou sn say Ah ah but that will not do Poll Polly tear dear do you ou really wish M-Ish me to name the day clay I want you ou to and I dont don't want ant you OU to Yes 15 bt but l t which M do wish M most Yes you for me to or not to The clover leaf lea t will ill tell she answered then add I came over o and told It Il before you ou came Ilie I f fHe He lie waft waa an turning the leaf over r as Poll Polly spoke and as ns he ho discovered erd th the tho fourth glued leaf quickly understood and an unsurpassed jO Joy kindled in his c eyes cs and ho lip took the girlish figure In his arms The Thc blush stole out of the west into the tho sweet t young oung face race and anel high above c the first star lar of or the evening c shone Bhone forth and breathed a hallowed benediction bene Th The Sunn Sunny South |
